PACCAR reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,041 total reviews)
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Preston Feight

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

PACCAR has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,041 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PACCAR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jul 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Nice area to live in.

Cons

Testing only environment working for a bankrupt level supplier. Technically isolated and Mgmt. is unwilling to provide technical training off-site for employees to keep up with the rest of the world. All jobs are falsely advertised as calibration jobs and they are only testing positions. Beware all experienced calibrators, there are no calibration positions in this company.

2.0
Jul 21, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you want a predictable workplace day in day out, this place is for you! Seem to appreciate those that have served in the armed forces. Opportunities to work within various departments over time is plentiful. A mix of young and motivated looking to start a career, and those who have been put out to pasture or are counting down the days to retirement. Offer's a pension if you can handle working here long enough. They're into Six Sigma if this is your thing. Seems like a good place to learn about accounting or supply chain management. Life / work balance can be pretty good, subject to department or role.

Cons

Hands down, the most stale and boring place I've ever worked. Company-wide executive emails are still typed in ALL CAPS. Arrogant management. I mean, we're talking automobile parts here people. Personal email like hotmail, facebook or gmail is blocked. So cheap that management endlessly debates basic IT infrastructure investments - this mentality explains why consultants have to be brought in to try to do anything innovative. Laughable intranet and internal sites. Employees have to pay for plastic forks and spoons in cafeteria if they don't buy food. Out of touch with current industry best practices - middle management is more concerned with being able to check a box to claim a task was completed, versus doing it the right way. Worse than the federal management in terms of innovation or information sharing between groups/departments. They really should just send ITD to India like Sr. Management really wants to do, but office politics continue to drag this out. Non-IT Employees are required to wear a badge they paid for through an annual charity event in order to wear jeans. Below average pay and benefits versus industry/region.

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